Sunday, February 21, 2010

it is so easy to find myself feeling like i "need" and just haaave to have so many things. especially clothes.

i'm so blessed and i find myself still wanting more: consumerism and materialism overtake me. isn't it time to put that down and look for something higher?

instead of just wanting things, i'm trying to turn my love of creative fashion into a creative outlet other than shopping and wanting.

so, i started using polyvore. it's so much fun to do and be creative, and rather than making me want things (though that never stop with so many cute things in the world) it helps me be creative with what i have and just have fun.

here are a few of the outfits i've come up with so far, mostly inspired by old fashioned things and the English literature i've been readin'.

i got the idea for this set when i was in santa barbara and saw a girl on the beach with a big floppy hat, under an umbrella, opening a train case. oh to be that girl, and do crafts on the beach on a pleasant sunday afternoon (unlike today in southwest missouri!)

and finally this set, inspired by a few of the things i already own and from my love of the idea of something so cosy and casual, but also very pretty. my sister-in-law lindsay has been a big influence on me for that sort of style, she always looks cute and cosy at the same time. : ]

now i'm off to do some rainy day reading - finishing Jane Eyre. this book is making its way into my favorites. as much as i love more modern american literature, english romanticism and victorianism still intrigues me so much.